Microsoft Ignite 2022 - Book of News

Microsoft Ignite 2022 has begun with some great announcements and Microsoft team published the Book of News to showcase the various announcements.

Access here : Microsoft Ignite 2022 - Book of News 

Microsoft Ignite 2022 - The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge

The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge starts October 12, 2022 at 4:00 PM UTC (16:00) and ends on November 9, 2022 at 4:00 PM UTC (16:00).

Complete one challenge and earn a free Microsoft Certification exam.

Register here:  The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge 

Microsoft Ignite 2022

Microsoft Ignite 2022 is coming this October 12-14,  get yourself registered soon. 

Event site : Microsoft Ignite 2022

Follow @MS_Ignite twitter handle for more updates.

Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online Update !

Starting October 1st  Microsoft will start to turn off basic authentication for specific protocols in Exchange Online for customers who are still using them .

Many Organizations following the last announcement started to make recommended changes in their environment, but some of the organizations are not yet prepared and few Organizations are on the journey and still need time to accommodate the changes,  and to aid this Microsoft team published the updated article this week providing option for one time re-enablement , with this option customers will be able to use the self-service diagnostic to re-enable basic auth for any protocols they need, once per protocol starting this month so that in October Microsoft will not not disable the  Basic Auth for the protocols and they can use until December 2022, and during the first week of calendar year 2023, those protocols will be disabled for basic auth use permanently.

Refer the below article for more details : Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – September 2022 Update

Microsoft Exchange Community Airlift

MEC is back, its now called Microsoft Exchange Community Airlift and starts next Month, ensure to register soon.

Register here : Microsoft Exchange Community Airlift 

Exam Readiness Zone

Getting ready for Microsoft Certification, here is a great resource from Microsoft launched recently to help you in this journey as a part of Official Exam preparation.

Access here: Exam Readiness Zone

Exchange Server VNext Comes in 2025 !

Microsoft Exchange Team announced the news regarding next version of Exchange Server that would be made available in the second half of 2025, which gives us hope that On-premises Exchange Server will still be available, and also shared more details regarding their support policy changes with much more exciting news including the come back of  Microsoft Exchange Community Conference which is now called as “Microsoft Exchange Community (MEC) Technical Airlift 2022” 

Access the blog post here to know more: Exchange Server Roadmap Update

Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge 2022 is On !

Microsoft Build event for 2022 completed last week, you can get more details on the News site here, as a part of the event, Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge 2022 is now live.

You can select any of the challenge from available 8 challenges, and earn a free Microsoft Certification from the list of Eligible Exams .

Access the Challenge here: Microsoft Build Cloud Skills Challenge 2022